Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC live sports streams anyone?

2015-03-12 Thread majones
stannoo wrote: OK - thanks for that garym. Looks like there in no simple answer at the moment. If anyone finds a way of accessing these streams could they post here please. Thanks. This is your best bet:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2015-03-12 Thread GeoffJH
castalla wrote: ps: yes. All internet radios are affected (except for some Pure units). You need to install LMS on a PC - go to mysqueezebox.com and download LMS from there. LMS downloaded , but think I had it already...anyway, the URL mentioned above now added , so perhaps I didn't have

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2015-03-12 Thread GeoffJH
bpa wrote: mysb.com will only work with supported formats such as mp3,aac and wma. The m3u8 format is HDS which needs transcoding and hence you need an LMS system. .and, dare I ask, how do I get that? PS...would I have had these problems if I had got a Roberts Internet Radio?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2015-03-12 Thread castalla
GeoffJH wrote: .and, dare I ask, how do I get that? PS...would I have had these problems if I had got a Roberts Internet Radio? ps: yes. All internet radios are affected (except for some Pure units). You need to install LMS on a PC - go to mysqueezebox.com and download LMS from

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Several questions (stream / firmaware / soundcloud) on Squeezbox radio

2015-03-12 Thread Gagyn
tcutting wrote: The real advantage of the Squeezebox is in disrtibuted, multi-player environment. Since it is an internet streaming device, you ALWAYS need some form of device in the area (as a minimum, a router to get access to some form of network). mysqueezebox.com was intended as the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Several questions (stream / firmaware / soundcloud) on Squeezbox radio

2015-03-12 Thread pippin
Gagyn wrote: My comment is more a general concern : an music streaming / internet capable device should be independent of a local server of a local server - in my opinion. Thx again :) I don't fully get the point. Is your idea to bring your own Radio to your friend's house? I mean... with

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Several questions (stream / firmaware / soundcloud) on Squeezbox radio

2015-03-12 Thread reinholdk
For your use case of accessing your music remotely, you have several ways (only the last one involves LMS): - pre-load your mobile with a selection of songs before you leave home - upload your songs to a cloud service (google, amazon, etc) and access them from anywhere - if your songs are